Old front door entry roof.

This is the front entry about seven years after we bought the house. Seven years after the previous owner had the house painted before he sold it to us. Painted with latex paint. Very thin latex paint. Thin, cheap, latex paint over oil and in some places

Old aluminum roofing.

The old aluminum roofing on the front entry. Basically just a thin sheet of mill finish aluminum cut from a coil of roof flashing available at the local lumber store. The aluminum was slipped under the lower edge of wood siding, pushed into the wall / roo

New roof decking and trim.

Above the front entry, currently being stripped and sanded, the old roof decking and trim boards have been removed and new wood installed. The small soffit area had a little damage from leaks but was in good enough shape to be left intact. The new trim is

Copper roof drip edge installed.

The new siding, primed and painted, is installed against the roof decking at the edge and over the underlayment and against the wall before installing the metal roofing. Copper drip edge is fabricated from sixteen ounce cold rolled sheet on a sheet metal

Copper roof edge.

Copper roof drip edge is fabricated with a quarter inch hem on the bottom, bent at a forty five degree angle, to direct rain water away from the wood trim. The side piece is installed first with the bottom hem and top edge cut at the corner and the center

Copper roof panel secured to edge.

The main copper roof panel has been cut and bent to run up the wall and about an inch past the drip edging. At the wall it is cut at the corner at an angle to the upper edge corner. The front corner is cut even with the front edge, bent under the drip edg

Roof hip cut.

The roof deck was made with a slight pitch and as a three sided roof. Cuts are made in the back vertical bend so that the copper panel will lay flat at the edges. Small pieces of copper are cut and bent to fit behind the cuts and are soldered.

Copper entry roof installed.

The finished copper roof. The rear hip cuts are soldered. The edges are folded over and crimped. The next row of siding will cover the back flange and the siding nails will secure the copper. A nice simple copper roof that matches the style of the house a

Finished front entry copper roof.

A view from the front yard. In about thirty years that copper will have developed a nice green patina to match the entry trim.